> On 25 Oct 2005 08:19:28 -0700, "Dr. Leukoma" <drg[at]leukoma.com> wrote:
> > > Ann wrote:
> > > On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 22:44:23 GMT, "Larry" <Larry[at]larry.com> wrote:
> > > > > > I just got a pair of new polycarb glasses. (I posted before about the color
> > > > fringes, but haven't decide what to do about that problem...)
> > > > > > > I don't know what my glasses have been made out of in the past, but if they
> > > > got really dusty, I could just clean them off with my fingers. Okay, they
> > > > didn't get particularly clean, but they were usable and much better than
> > > > dusty.
> > > > > > > If I try that with my new glasses they get a milky film that is worse than
> > > > the dust. In fact, they develop a milky film within a day of cleaning,
> > > > whether I touch them or not. My old glasses never did that. My old glasses
> > > > I cleaned maybe once a week; these I clean daily, and probably should clean
> > > > more than that.
> > > > > > > Is it something about the glasses (antiglare and scratch resistance
> > > > coatings) or am I imagining the difference?
> > > > > No, you're not imagining it. I got a pair of glasses with antiglare
> > > coating and found I could never get them clean. It really drove me to
> > > distraction. Now, I won't have any coatings put on the glasses. I
> > > have never found that they do any good anyway and do me far more harm.
> > > > > Ann
> > > That's a pity. I think that a good anti-reflection coating, such as
> > Crizal Alize, is one of the best features you can purchase. Then, you
> > just need to be properly instructed on how to properly clean them.
> I have never been offered a choice of makes of coatings, the same as
> I've never been given a choice of makes of lenses for my
> glasses...apart from being asked if I want them made thinner than the
> norm. We just go to the opticians and get what we're given. That is
> no doubt why I didn't take to the progressive glasses I got, because
> they had the wrong sort of lenses.
> Ann

> Ann wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 22:44:23 GMT, "Larry" <Larry[at]larry.com> wrote:
> > > > I just got a pair of new polycarb glasses. (I posted before about the color
> > > fringes, but haven't decide what to do about that problem...)
> > > > > I don't know what my glasses have been made out of in the past, but if they
> > > got really dusty, I could just clean them off with my fingers. Okay, they
> > > didn't get particularly clean, but they were usable and much better than
> > > dusty.
> > > > > If I try that with my new glasses they get a milky film that is worse than
> > > the dust. In fact, they develop a milky film within a day of cleaning,
> > > whether I touch them or not. My old glasses never did that. My old glasses
> > > I cleaned maybe once a week; these I clean daily, and probably should clean
> > > more than that.
> > > > > Is it something about the glasses (antiglare and scratch resistance
> > > coatings) or am I imagining the difference?
> > > No, you're not imagining it. I got a pair of glasses with antiglare
> > coating and found I could never get them clean. It really drove me to
> > distraction. Now, I won't have any coatings put on the glasses. I
> > have never found that they do any good anyway and do me far more harm.
> > > Ann
> That's a pity. I think that a good anti-reflection coating, such as
> Crizal Alize, is one of the best features you can purchase. Then, you
> just need to be properly instructed on how to properly clean them.

> what happened to glass?

> Why would I want Crizal Alize?
Better performance.

> Why could it not be called
> by the name of what it is made of? What might be the disadvantages,
> besides cost?
It could be called that, but that's like calling your wife "flesh and bone".

> Harbor freight happened to have (small ultrasonic cleaners) on sale...
> It redistributes the smudges; it is actually worse than before I clean them.
> I just used water; perhaps a cleaning solution would be better? Couldn't be
> worse...

> [ ... ]

> ... I think that a good anti-reflection coating, such as
> Crizal Alize, is one of the best features you can purchase.

> Then, you just need to be properly instructed on how to
> properly clean them.

> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 22:44:23 GMT, "Larry" <Larry[at]larry.com> wrote:
> > I just got a pair of new polycarb glasses. (I posted before about the color
> > fringes, but haven't decide what to do about that problem...)
> > > I don't know what my glasses have been made out of in the past, but if they
> > got really dusty, I could just clean them off with my fingers. Okay, they
> > didn't get particularly clean, but they were usable and much better than
> > dusty.
> > > If I try that with my new glasses they get a milky film that is worse than
> > the dust. In fact, they develop a milky film within a day of cleaning,
> > whether I touch them or not. My old glasses never did that. My old glasses
> > I cleaned maybe once a week; these I clean daily, and probably should clean
> > more than that.
> > > Is it something about the glasses (antiglare and scratch resistance
> > coatings) or am I imagining the difference?
> No, you're not imagining it. I got a pair of glasses with antiglare
> coating and found I could never get them clean. It really drove me to
> distraction. Now, I won't have any coatings put on the glasses. I
> have never found that they do any good anyway and do me far more harm.
> Ann

> "Dick Adams" <bad.addr[at]nonexist.com> wrote
> > will clean lenses and frames, including the inaccessible regions
> > where guk accumulates, at the same time. Keeping them
> An old toothbrush is great for that.

> will clean lenses and frames, including the inaccessible regions
> where guk accumulates, at the same time. Keeping them

> I just got a pair of new polycarb glasses. (I posted before about the color
> fringes, but haven't decide what to do about that problem...)
> I don't know what my glasses have been made out of in the past, but if they
> got really dusty, I could just clean them off with my fingers. Okay, they
> didn't get particularly clean, but they were usable and much better than
> dusty.
> If I try that with my new glasses they get a milky film that is worse than
> the dust. In fact, they develop a milky film within a day of cleaning,
> whether I touch them or not. My old glasses never did that. My old glasses
> I cleaned maybe once a week; these I clean daily, and probably should clean
> more than that.
> Is it something about the glasses (antiglare and scratch resistance
> coatings) or am I imagining the difference?